Android splash and icon

[Andrew at MidWest Coast Media]

The Standalone Application Settings for this are not as intuitive as they could be. 

You do not need a splash screen, because it in fact does nothing on Android. 

The 48x48 icon you needed was the Status Bar Icon that is only used for Push/Local notifications. It would be nice if there was a tooltip on this like there is for the iOS icon variants that said what pixel size you needed. It would be even nicer if the Answer File window that opened up when you clicked the … also told you that pixel dimension requirement so you could tell which file you were looking for.

—Andrew Bell


> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:23:31 +0200
> From: Klaus major-k <klaus at major-k.de>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Subject: Android splash and icon
> 
> Hi friends,
> 
> the docs are quite sparse on this, or did I miss this?
> But I already found that we need a 48*48 pixel png 
> (really that small?) for an icon for our android apps.
> 
> But what about the "splash"?
> What do we need to supply here?
> 
> Or ist is enough to "fake" a splash screen with the first card of the stack?
> 
> Know what I mean? 
> App opens shows the first card as a "splash" screen and then automatically 
> goes to the next card, which is the actual application.
> 
> Thanks for any hints!
> 
> P.S.
> Yes, I bought me a used Samsung Galaxy J7, my first cellphone ever,
> and I am currently making my first steps on mobile.
> 
> However the phone is just for testing with LC, I do not intend to actually 
> make phone calls with it. :-)
> 
> What I can say so far is, that the "Android Barcode Scanner" widget is really,
> really fast in scanning e.g. QR-codes. It recognizes the code before we can 
> actually see it sharp- and clearly in the preview of the widget. :-D
> 
> Now I have to find out how to pass the APK to a customer of mine without
> the use of the Google Play Store or something.
> 
> Unfortunately my customer does not have a 64bit version of Windows, so
> installing "Android Studio" (64 bit only!) is not an option.
> I tried all available hints on the internet***, downloaded it and the phone asked
> me if I want to install that thing, I clicked YES and after a second I see:
> App was not installed (or what this tells in english)
> 
> ***"Unknown software" etc...
> 
> No dice so far.
> 
> I will find a way... :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> --
> Klaus Major
> https://www.major-k.de
> https://www.major-k.de/bass
> klaus at major-k.de
> 
> 
>